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Suspending Disbelief

Posted by on April 5, 2013 1 comment

This blog has been largely ignored and it’s time I get back on since there’s a lot to get off my chest. For starters, I am going to begin posting interviews and episodes of Canary Cry Radio along with some more thoughts and commentary exclusively for the blog.

Canary Cry Radio Interview with Brian Godawa

I got to have a great conversation with award winning author and screenwriter Brian Godawa. He is the author of the Chronicles of the Nephilim, a fast moving fantasy-fiction that portrays a deeper understanding of the Old Testament characters through the use of fiction. Some of these ideas don’t jive with what Christians traditionally understand about topics regarding what I’m going to call the Nephilim Paradigm (N.P.). The storyline, characters, places, and situations are drawn from the Bible and other Ancient Near East scriptures. But the great thing is that this platform allows for the discussion to take place about the NP in a non-intrusive way.

In 1817, Samuel Taylor Coleridge coined the phrase “suspend disbelief” while describing his approach to poetry. This is great description of what I believe is a healthy practice to do in proper context because we as humans tend to do this anyway. We as humans have the insatiable urge to entertain ourselves. We do it as a means of comfort and relaxation. An escape from the real world. In fact, this mode of thinking is precisely what I believe author Neil Postman in his book, Amusing Ourselves to Death was describing; A world in which is not threatened by scarcity, but rather “drowned in a sea of irrelevance.” This is the very crux of the satanic temptation; being financially free to have all the time to do what “I” want to do. The scary thing is that it has permeated the church!

So it should be no surprise that on the day Obama calls for a brain mapping project a majority of Christians yawn and carry on with their own daily agendas. I know that sounds mean but it’s simply my reflection of some personal experiences. In fact, to comment on this matter, I don’t believe a majority of Christians are ignoring such issues on purpose. I believe the platter upon which the traditional Protestant Christian view has been served was missing a vital piece to the puzzle and it starts with Genesis 6 and the N.P.. Because of the this flaw, Christians don’t particularly know or understand how to deal with topics like bran mapping when it hits the wires. This loss for any sense of understanding leads to complacency which is why I think many Christians simply brush off these issues.

But there is something brewing that both myself and others are beginning to see. A sort of revival that is largely driven by internet ministries. A movement of young people who are able to consume the N.P. largely because they have grown up in a society where suspending one’s disbelief is a pass time. The downfall to this of course is that they are constantly distracted and indoctrinated into poor theology and occult philosophies. The upside is that they can take in the N.P. without too much prejudice. In just the last several months, I have had many people contact me with stories of how the topic of the sons of God and the Nephilim brought them back to the church, the Bible, and Jesus. Not only is it “new and exciting” but I think it’s precisely the kind of topic that resonates because it’s true and it helps people understand the Bible and God better.

There is a profound connection between the world we live in now, the largely forgotten ancient history of man, and what the Bible reveals to us regarding this massive epic we are a part of. This is a point I would like to press upon. Our history is far more fantastic then we ever thought. And God’s story is far more powerful and epic than than our own individual lives.

Our own individual lives are a mere hair on the brush that God is using to paint His masterpiece. Even the most painful and tragic moments we all experience are somehow being made into an integral part of the entirety of God’s epic. But we must shift our thinking from focusing on what God can do for us (which is still important: healing, comfort, wisdom, etc), and ask what God’s will for us is. Okay, a little Kennedy there; but you get the point. I believe we are in a time where we will witness a revival in the interest of the Bible and Jesus due to the rise of watchmen all over the planet. But it is my contention that this will have a dark side to it as well. What we read in Bible prophecy is unsettling to say the least.

2 Thessalonians 2:3 says: “Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, hunless the rebellion comes first, and ithe man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction…”

Of course the word there translated “rebellion” is in fact apostasy:

GK G686 | S G646   ἀποστασία   apostasia  a falling away, a rebellion, apostasy

Surely a rebellion against the truth has been a part of society throughout history, especially since God Himself became a man two millennia ago. But this falling away has something else that is associated to it.

We read in Revelation 16:6, 17:6, and 18:24 about the blood of the saints. Without getting into a deep word study, most scholars agree that this is the blood of martyred in the end times by the Antichrist. While pretribulationists submit the idea that this will only apply to those who becomes believers after the rapture, I believe instead that this is going to be the ultimate manifestation of evil and hate against the truth where millions of believers across the planet make a stand in the name of Jesus, only to lose their lives. It takes a particular mindset to arrive at a place where one is willing to give up his or her own life for the sake of defending a belief. But what I believe we may be seeing in the rise of watchmen across the planet, is just that; a generation who is going to be the most on-fire disciples in human history who make the ultimate stand against the wiles of the devil. And so what we may be seeing in the near future, sadly, is the further separation and distinction between being true disciples of Jesus, and those who are only selling Jesus as a brand. In fact, it may come to pass that even the ecumenical institutions themselves will play a role in drinking the cup of iniquity. But some words of encouragement from Paul:

It says in Romans 12:12: “Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.”

I went all over the place today. Let me tie this all back to the Brian Godawa interview. I think what Brian is doing has a role in this larger endeavor. Science-fiction-fantasy of the Old Testament; simply brilliant. The N.P. requires one to suspend disbelief and because we live in a generation that does so on a regular basis, it’s a great time to be injecting truth into this medium. In fact, what I find interesting is that packaging God’s epic through science-fiction-fantasy is actually reducing the level of reality that God’s word gives us so that it can be ingested slowly. Again, it seems that because God is so good, truth is far stranger than fiction.

UPDATE

Spiritual warfare is real. As I had about 30 minutes of AODII (Age of Deceit II) completed on my Macbook Pro, something happened last week, my worst fears. My hard drive failed. Not great for a laptop that’s not even a year old. And while I certainly ran it hard with all of my applications, it should not have died so soon. But I wouldn’t mind so much unless a lot of my work was saved on it…which it was. I lost many pages of writing I had done in preparation for the conference, AODII, and books and articles I have been working on. On one hand, I was naive to think my hard drive would last a year without having to back it up. But on the other, I believe this is just a hit from the enemy and doesn’t deserve the kind of anger and disappointment I would normally be subject to under such circumstances.

The positive thing is that I am back up and running, and I am starting over with the film and all of my projects. My prayer is that God will make all this work even better than what originally would have been had  this not have happened. Thanks to anyone who supported me through prayers and donations to get things up and running again.

Hater Blogs

Posted by on February 19, 2013 4 comments

THE CONFERENCE

Douglas Hamp and I have been trying to get a local prophecy conference going for about a year now. After being turned down by several churches, we finally found a church that was gracious enough to open up their space for us. So in about a month, LA Marzulli, Doug Hamp, and myself will be holding the first of what we hope to be many more local events that we named The Prophecy Forum. The event will be held at the Hosanna Chapel in Bellflower California on March 15-16, 2013. This will be my first public speaking venture. I’m anxious, excited, and nervous all at the same time. The great thing is, it has truly accelerated my research for Age of Deceit II, which I thought I had done about a month ago. I remembered that research never “ends” but that the production of a film like Age of Deceit only comes when I personally cannot contain the information any longer. I think this second film will be just the same. But let me get on to the real reason why I made this post.

DISCERNMENT

The word discernment in the Biblical term simply means the ability to differentiate between Godly and ungodly things; good and bad; truth and false. For many who are called to be watchmen, it’s important to understand that part of our job description is to watch and warn. This requires a great deal of discernment because today, things that are Godly and things that are worldly are both packaged and sold in the same mold. A recent blog post by marc5solas titled “Top 10 Reasons Our Kids Leave Church” summarizes it best when Marc reveals the number 10 reason our kids leave church as “Being ‘Relevant’”. Quote;

“You didn’t misread that, I didn’t say irrelevant, I said RELEVANT. We’ve taken a historic, 2,000 year old faith, dressed it in plaid and skinny jeans and tried to sell it as “cool” to our kids. It’s not cool. It’s not modern. What we’re packaging is a cheap knockoff of the world we’re called to evangelize.”

I couldn’t agree more. The problem is that this glaring and obvious deficiency in the institution of church has not only helped bring about so much of the falling away, but it has also kept at bay those who study prophecy, who are genuinely concerned of the times and who are good Bereans. While the debate of “how to do church” will go on until Jesus returns, our current fallen state can’t help but build walls. Since we know that the love of money is the root of all evil, it’s no surprise that the bigger any given religious institutions gets, the more susceptible to corruption they become. So please don’t think I’m pointing the finger because I am not. I understand that we are all fallen. The scary thing is that this division doesn’t stop between Christians who are sounding the alarm about the current state of our world and the Christians buying into the current culture.

HATER BLOGS

I’ve recently been faced with blogs and emails concerning the demonizing of several people I consider friends and colleagues. I don’t want to mentions names or the titles of the blogs here but I think it’s important to address the over arching issues. In a nutshell, within the community of watchmen have emerged a small bundle of folks who ironically call themselves “watchmen” warning against others of their very own community. At one level, I don’t mind this type of opposition since I believe in healthy debating, conversations, learning, and growing as a family in Christ; iron sharpening iron. However, when they begin to question one’s salvation, that’s when I feel the need to speak out.

I simply have to ask, where are these folks grounding their theology? When you read their beliefs and “abouts”, it seems pretty clear that they are fellow believers in Christ. I think a majority of the believers who read their statements of faith would agree. So what goes wrong? I believe it is a couple things. First, it’s the notion of challenging established orthodox doctrine as defined by this individual. Even within the institution and scholarly conduct of handling theology at the highest echelons, I don’t believe there are any doctrines other than the Gospel that have the complete and total agreement of all its peers. My point is that defending a view, especially when it’s non-essential to the Gospel of grace, and calling out a fellow believer as heretical does nothing good for the Lord. Then again, the Lord uses all things for good. So even the most vile comments towards a fellow brother will somehow by the grace of God have an end result of goodness.

Secondly, theology is a privilege for those of us who study the Word and are blessed to be re-presenters of His eternal wisdom. By default, we as believers all share an exclusive truth claim in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. As I mentioned, anything outside of that should not be used as a point of contention to call someone a heretic or to shun them. Theology is a tradition that goes back as far as man can remember, and to assume you know someone’s heart based on something in their teaching is both divisive and unnecessary. To raise objection of a particular point in someone’s teaching and addressing that single issue alone would be, in my opinion, the better way to handle it.

The bottom line is that these bloggers are jumping from these particular points of contention and concluding that thus these teachers, researcher, authors are heretical; wolves in sheep’s clothing. This makes no logical sense, or Biblical sense to me. We don’t know a man’s heart. To declare that you do would be declaring yourself God and that’s the worst blasphemy of all. I’m afraid that this kind of “jumping to conclusions” thinking is a slippery slope that can cause these fellows who accuse to fall into the same pit they believe they are pointing out.

I think these bloggers should revisit some basic teachings of Jesus. Remember in the book of Matthew, chapter 7, Jesus says this:

“Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?”

I think it applies here. Oh, and what about this one from the book of John, chapter 8:

“He who is without sin among you, let him be the first to throw a stone”

And then there’s Paul’s teaching in Philippians 4 when the two fellow believers were arguing over an issue, he told them:

“I plead with Euodia and I plead with Syntyche to agree with each other in the Lord.”

I simply would like to invite anyone reading this into prayer and ask God to give us the patience, wisdom, knowledge and comfort within the family of God so that we can work together to be salt and light unto the lost world. Because ultimately, that’s why we are here. If I can speak to them personally, I would say “I disagree with your methods and conclusions, but I respect your passion for the Lord, so keep doing what God is leading you to do because ultimately it’s His will that will be done.”

Age of Deceit II Underway

Posted by on September 9, 2012 7 comments

I have began the research and script writing for Age of Deceit II. I haven’t decided on a subtitle yet, but I hope to tackle some topics that have interested me in the last year. Please pray for me and my family as I know I will encounter spiritual warfare in the process. This process will be different from the first time since I will have Basil, my co-host on Canary Cry Radio to help with the artistic direction and imagery of the film. That means a lot less google images and youtube clips. I also plan to get exclusive commentary from many researchers and authors regarding all the topics I will tackle in this film.

While the Fallen Angels and the New World Order were the themes in the first video, I plan to display more information regarding the Divine Council in this film. Along with this foundation, I will look at who the Antichrist might be. There are several theories regarding who the Antichrist is. There are prominent alternative Christian authors and researchers who are doing the dirty work in deciphering the character traits of this enigmatic character. My goal will to take a side by side look at the several theories that are out there and propose my own. While so many people have spoken about the Antichrist, I think a side by side comparison would not only be good for analysis, but also for the body of Christ to open up to the varying possibilities of how prophecy is fulfilled. All of this will of course be presented all while exposing the global agenda in the economic and geopolitical realm.

The film will also contain plenty of views on spirituality and science. After establishing the Divine Council view, I hope to show that these entities truly does reside in a realm or dimension that science is only beginning to tap into. I will also look at transhumanism, technocracy and the push for human immortality by 2045. Along with this, I hope to tackle recreational and pharmaceutical drugs as a way to open spiritual doorways into that other dimension. As before, my goal is to present all of this in the context of unfolding Biblical prophecy.

Of course the punchline will be the message of Jesus Christ. I hope to display some really cool information about how Yeshua fulfilled the first spring feasts in his first coming and plans to fulfill the fall feasts upon His return. And as always, I will do my best to present the Gospel.

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